Kategori: Evidens

Stress is dominant in patients with depression and chronic low back pain. A qualitative study of psychotherapeutic interventions for patients with non-specific low back pain of 3–12 months’ duration

Psychodynamic therapy has been caricatured as navel-gazing, but now studies show powerful benefits.

Empirical evidence supports the efficacy of psychodynamic therapy. Effect sizes for psychodynamic therapy are as large as those reported for other therapies that have been actively promoted as “empirically supported” and “evidence based.” In addition, patients who receive psychodynamic
therapy maintain therapeutic gains and appear to continue to improve after treatment ends. Finally, nonpsychodynamic therapies may be effective in part because the
more skilled practitioners utilize techniques that have long
been central to psychodynamic theory and practice. The perception that psychodynamic approaches lack empirical support does not accord with available scientific evidence
and may reflect selective dissemination of research findings.

I stedet for at fokusere på teoretisk og metodemæssig evidens appellere ny forskningen til, at psykologer kvalitetssikrer deres arbejde ved hele tiden at følge effekten af behandlingen

Psykolog Nyt 12/2009 bragte et debatindlæg af Jack Donen om kognitiv adfærdsterapi (KAT), med udgangspunkt i et antal omtaler i Forskningsnyt. Indlægget blev i samme nummer kommenteret af Forskningsnyts redaktør Thomas Nielsen. Kommentaren har afstedkommet denne duplik fra Jack Donen…

Afdelingen for spin inden for kog­ nitiv adfærdsterapi, KAT, må være glad for sig selv i disse år. Man er kommet med på evidensvognen med et brag. De har faktisk været så gode til at promovere KAT og kæde det sammen med evidensbegrebet, at utrolig mange klienter og profes­ sionelle i disse år føler sig sikre ved at overlade terapiløsningen til KAT…

Among his various accomplishments, Carl Rogers was a pioneer in the field of psychotherapy research. Following in his footsteps, we have just completed a major project to integrate 60 years of research on the effectiveness of person-centred and related therapies…

I slutningen af 2007 offentliggjorde Sundhedsstyrelsen to referenceprogrammer om angstlidelser og uniploar depression hos voksne.